Which to use
“recherchée” and “recherchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,224
- “recherchée” frequency rank
- #14,547
- “recherchés” frequency rank
- 30771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchée | recherchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de recherché. | Masculin pluriel de recherché. |
Same sound, different letters: recherchée vs recherchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. recherchée (CVCCVCCCVV) and recherchés (CVCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: recherchée vs recherchés
This is the hard kind. recherchée and recherchés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “recherchée” becomes s in “recherchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recherchée is recorded at frequency rank #16,224, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. recherchés is at rank #14,547, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30771, this pair ranks #308,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recherchée vs recherchés
Shared letters: cehré. Private to "recherchée": -. Private to "recherchés": s.
"recherchée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "recherchés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recherchée" and "recherchés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recherchée" vs "recherchés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "recherchée" / "recherchés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchée" and "recherchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchais vs recherchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #308,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.